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The Macedonian Question: Reform Or Rebellion THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION: REFORM OR REBELLION 5 April 2001 ICG Balkans Report 109 Skopje/Brussels Table of Contents MAP OF FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA .................................. i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................................ ii I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1 II. TANUSEVCI................................................................................................. 1 A. Bombing of Police Station near Tetovo and Media Reactions............... 2 B. First Public Knowledge of National Liberation Army ............................ 3 C. Seizure of Television Crew in Tanusevci ............................................... 4 D. Border Demarcation Agreement with Serbia ........................................ 5 E. Further Clashes in Tanusevci ................................................................ 6 III. TETOVO: ERUPTION OF VIOLENCE ............................................................ 6 IV. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.............................................................. 9 A. Kosovo................................................................................................... 9 B. Deterioration of Inter-Ethnic Relations .............................................. 10 C. Controversy Over the Census.............................................................. 10 D. Erosion of Political Legitimacy ............................................................ 11 V. CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................... 14 APPENDICES A. 1. Armed Albanian Organisations Believed to Exist in Macedonia 2. Political Parties in Macedonia 3. Data From the 1999 Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia A. Population Breakdown by Ethnic Background (for Groups over 1,000) B. Primary School Enrolment for Ethnic Groups C. High School Enrolment and Graduation Figures D. Live Born Children (According to the Ethnicity of the Mother) B. The Conclusions of the Macedonian Parliament After the Urgent Session (as Shown by the Media After the End of the Session, 18 March 2001, at 2:00 am) C. About the International Crisis Group D. ICG Reports and Briefing Papers E. ICG Board Members 21° 22° 23° B e FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SERBIA li (D r im YUGOSLAVIA ) Kosovo Kyustendil Prizren L Kriva e l. D a p S Palanka P n e k r i C o e i n Kumanovo sk n n rn p ov a a sk a Osog a c a riv l G Stracin K P o Tearce r ˆ Kratovo r a B a a r j U a ˆ n Tetovo d Skopje i ° S r ˆ ° 42 a c M. Kamenica L 42 V P ˆ Lake Probistip ˆ G a Matka c va Kocani Delcevo Marko Katlanovo i D Sveti Petrovec n A r Nikole Vinica l i a n a or g - G e i r R T - a Kadina z Gostivar v ˆ B r i u K Pl ˆ e a S a c s a k I k Lake k r ˆ Stip o i a Peshkopi Mavrovsko a d Titov v d z a i Berovo S A a Samokov ic To Veles ic ˆ c R a po n . t lk l a ˆ l r a a K P u Belica g r Radovis ki Mavrovo a e iv M s m n r al sev Bogomila u a S e b B L ta a ˆ a ak ra ˆ B av S ka A i tr s c u n Kicevo ˆ M. Brod a m a c Debar Stepanci i i c O ˆ v a i g C Negotino r a N a r m z n ole den L i G Dabilja I ˆ S l Strumica trum Petrich D in Kavadarci Va ica r Krusevo Drenovo ˆ a r i s ˆ c d m k i a lasic Lake v D r Be a a C B a o J Tikves s P r o s a Sopotnica n Prilep n ˆ ˆ l. B b a i c Valandovo l ˆ a Miravci a Meseista n ˆ Demir ˆ i a A Topolcani ˆ Novi Lake c Hisar rn a Struga . l C Mrezicko f Dojran Dojran THE FORMER YUGOSLAV P P zu l o Gevgelija . Ohrid a K ˆ REPUBLIC OF k N Resen c e Lake l ˆ MACEDONIA Kozjak e e Ohrid S z International boundary 41° id I ˆ Bitola N Brod Opstina boundary Ljubanista GREECE National capital A Krani x A Opstina centre Lake i o Prespa s Town, village Airport Flórina Édhessa Super highway Main road Límni Mikri Préspa Límni Secondary road Vegorritis Thessaloníki Railroad 0 10 20 30 40 km The boundaries and names shown and the designations ªªªª Canal used on this map do not imply official endorsement or 0 10 20 30 mi acceptance by the United Nations. 21° 22° 23° Map No. 3789 Rev. 1 UNITED NATIONS Department of Public Information October 1995 Cartographic Section THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION: REFORM OR REBELLION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In late February, violence flared in Albanian-inhabited villages in northern Macedonia1 close to the border with Kosovo. In mid March, the violence spread to Macedonia’s second largest city, Tetovo. The rebels claimed to be defending themselves against Macedonian security forces, i.e. their own government, and to be fighting for Albanian national rights in Macedonia. The coalition government in Skopje promptly raised the alarm, blaming Kosovo Albanian elements for exporting rebellion to Macedonia, and calling for the NATO-led forces in Kosovo (KFOR) to seal the border. The rebels claimed they were local Albanians, numbering 2,000 and recruiting dozens of volunteers from the surrounding area every day. The international community reacted unanimously with high-level affirmations of support for Macedonia and its elected government, identifying the rebels as a few hundred “terrorists”. On 21 March, the government gave the rebels a 24-hour deadline to lay down arms and/or leave the country, or face a full-scale offensive. The offensive began on 25 March. Four days later, the government announced that the military operation had successfully pushed all the terrorists back into Kosovo. Lacking a central command structure, the rebels appear to be a cluster of loosely co- ordinated cells of experienced ethnic Albanian fighters from Macedonia, Kosovo and abroad as well as a small number of foreigners.2 The political demands issued by the rebels are designed to gain popular support in the Albanian community, and a hearing by the international community. Whatever the rebels’ long-term intentions may be, they clearly tapped into the frustrated local demands for basic minority rights: citizenship, ownership, education, language and representative government. Now that the dust around Tetovo has settled, the government and parliament need to face squarely, without panicking, a large political question: Are the Macedonians and Albanians in the country committed to integrated living? Or, should they accept nationalist logic and prepare to negotiate federalisation? A policy of half-hearted, half-reluctant ethnic cohabitation has led to the present crisis. If the government does not want federalisation, it should declare its commitment to the full and equal integration of all nationalities in the country. It will not be enough to improve 1 The use of the term Macedonia in this report is purely a convenient terminology. It recognises that historically “Macedonia” is a geographical expression – not the name of a state. It does not pre-judge any opinion on the use of “FYROM” or “Republic of Macedonia” as the correct name of the state. 2 Macedonian officials have alleged the involvement of mujahedin. While this is possible, no evidence has been presented. The Macedonian Question: Reform or Rebellion ICG Balkans Report N° 109, 5 April 2001 Page iii the legal framework. The Slavic majority must be ready to challenge the notion that Macedonian state identity is synonymous with the Slavic population. The government should get strong international backing to ensure that political dialogue leads to real action. The troublesome preamble of the constitution must be deleted, as well as other discriminatory references. Decentralisation measures that have languished in parliament should be adopted and implemented. A census should be prepared and conducted, with international assistance, to determine demographic reality as accurately as possible. Political ethics must be reformed, in particular by introducing and enforcing effective anti-corruption measures. Otherwise, violence may spread along the lines of ethnic cleavage. A strategy to prevent such escalation and produce credible negotiations should include the following elements: RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The international community has reacted to the crisis in Macedonia with one voice. All countries have condemned the rebel violence. This solidarity must be maintained while supporting and lending assistance to Macedonia, and insisting on a political solution to the current crisis. However, NATO should be prepared to consider direct support for the security forces, in the event of a dramatic escalation of violence by the rebels, and if the government so requests. 2. While the rebels failed to mobilise Albanian support inside Macedonia, the sympathy for their complaints about Albanian status was obvious and widespread. This longstanding sense of grievance is dangerous. The international community should urge the government to begin parliamentary discussions on measures to improve the constitutional and legal status of minorities. 3. It may prove impossible to achieve consensus among the main political actors on a reform agenda and process without widening the governing coalition. The government should be ready to bring the principal opposition parties, the Social Democratic Alliance of Macedonia and the Party for Democratic Prosperity, into the coalition. 4. The forthcoming census should be postponed until late autumn. The census should be conducted so that its findings reflect demographic reality as accurately as possible, in line with internationally accepted criteria of residency. This will require international assistance, not only in processing the census results but also in preparing it and supervising its conduct. 5. The international community has contributed to an environment of mistrust and cynicism by reluctantly validating a series of elections dating from 1994 that were marred by deaths, violence, and widespread voting irregularities including ballot stuffing, proxy voting and tampering with returns. The international community must insist on the conduct of free and fair elections rather than lower acceptable standards. 6. The European Union, the United States and international organisations should facilitate a dialogue in Macedonia representatives, on improving media portrayal of all nationalities and minorities.
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